Device for the treatment of hanks of yarn particularly for the dyeing thereof



Aug. 17, 1937. v FA|GLE ET AL 2,090,385 1 DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OFBANKS 0F YARN PARTICULARLY FOR THE DYEING THEREOF Filed Dec. 23, 1932 9Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEY F. FAIGLE ET AL Aug. 17, 1937.

DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF HANKS OF YARN PARTICULARLY FOR THE DYEINGTHEREOF Filed Dec. 23, 1932 9 Sheets-Sheet 2 I l I l l l l J ATTORNEYAug. 17, 1937. F, M' T AL 2,090,385

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Patented Aug. 17, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ING THEREOF FriedrichFaigle and Carl Faigle. Hard, near Bregenz, Austria Application December23, 1932, Serial No. 648,643 In Germany January 2, 1932 2 Claims.

We have filed applications in Germany on the 2nd January, 1932 and 4thJune, 1932; Italy on the 27th June, 1932; Spain on the 1st July, 1932;Argentina on the th August, 1932; Brazil on the 5 27th September, 1932;Austria on the 25th June,

1932, and Australia on the 2nd August, 1932.

The present invention relates to devices for the treatment of banks ofyarn, particularly for the dyeing thereof.

The principal object of the invention is to render it possible to obtainvarious movements of the hanks of yarn such as are advantageous for thedyeing process or other treatment to which they are subjected. Inaddition to step- 15 wise multiple dyeing (clouding and production ofombr effects) uni-colour dyeing and also the preparatory andafter-treatment and the additional after-treatment, reviving or shadingof the hanks are likewise rendered possible by the 20 present invention,which may be applied in connection with dye-stuffs of any kind such asfor example, substantive, indanthrene, sulphur and diazo colouringmatters.

The invention is particularly characterized by 25 the followingfeatures:

1. By the provision of a variety of different devices for the movementof the yarn carrying members which are adapted to be drivenuninterruptedly or intermittently in all the positions 30 which the yarncarrying members may occupy and also during the displacement of the saidmembers from one position to another.

2. The particular constructional forms of the yarn carrying members.

Apart from 1 these features the invention is characterized by severalfurther features which will appear from the following description andthe claims attached thereto.

Some preferred constructional forms accord- 40 ing to the invention areillustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig.1 is a plan of a device for the treatment ofhanks of yarn accordingto the invention,

Fig. 2 is a front elevation corresponding to Fig. 3 is a longitudinalside elevation of the said device, wherein for the sake of clarity somedetails have been omitted,

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of a modified con- 50 structional form of adevice according to the invention,

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the latter taken at right angles to Fig. 4,

Figs. 6 to 37 show details of various driving 55 means for and variousconstructional forms of the yarncarrying members for devices accordingto the invention. Fig. 38 is a sectional plan View on the lineXXXVIII-XXXVIII of Fig. 39, of another form of device in accordance withmy invention, and Fig. 39 is a sectional view on the line XXXIXXXXIX ofFig. 38.

Referring to the drawings:

Figs. 1, 2 and 3 show a comparatively simple machine which can be easilymounted as a cheap auxiliary means on the existing dyeing vats withoutthe necessity for special preparatory work such as foundations. For thispurpose it is important that in the first place a simple drive isprovided for all the yarn carrying members mounted side by side and thatthe said members.

can be rotated in every adjusted vertical position. This is advantageousinasmuch as, for example, after lifting the hanks out of the bath thedyeing liquid remains uniformly distributed on the hanks of yarn andundesirable oxidation of the upper parts of the hanks as also oversaturation of the lower parts of the hanks is avoided, which in the caseof yarn carriers which no longer turn outside of the bath, particularlyindanthrene dyeings, would occur. It is consequently no longer necessaryto leave the hanks in the bath during the so-called sampling, i. e. thecomparative checking of the colour by the aid of dyed samples. In thecase of certain after treatment it is also useful if the yarn carriersare adapted to maintain their rotation continuously.

I for example, by the aid of driving means connected above and below tothe support 2, for example, a chain or cable 4, which runs over rollers5, 6, the rollers 6 being mounted upon an axle l which is adapted to bedriven by means of pinions 8, 9 and a hand crank I0. Instead of the handdrive a. mechanical drive may also be provided. For the purpose ofeconomizing power a balance weight H-may be provided, which is suspendedfrom cables I2, passing over pulleys 13 to the support 2. It is, ofcourse, also possible to provide in addition to the means serving forvertical displacement, a suitable automatic locking device.

The yarn carrying members 14 are mounted in bearings l5 and are drivenfrom a shaft l6 which is provided with a fast and loose pulley l1 and acorresponding striking gear. The dyeing device or machine shown issuitable both for hand and for mechanical drive. .On the shaft I6 abevel wheel i8 is mounted which drives a bevel wheel I! provided onthevertical shaft 20. On the shaft 20 which is provided with a longitudinalslot 2|) a bevel wheel 2| is mounted so as to be vertically slidable butonly rotatable together with the shaft 2| l. The said wheel is fixed inits position with regard to the support 2 by means of a bearing arm 2 onthe one hand and by means of its engagement with a bevel wheel 22 whichis mounted on the axle of one,oi' the yarn carrying members. I! on theother hand. On the said axle and also on each of the other. yarncarrier-axles chain wheels 23 are mounted and all the chain wheels aredriven by means of an endless chain 24 from the first chain wheel. Ifthe chain 24 is arranged as illustrated in Fig. 3 then all the yarncarrying members will be turned in one direction. If, however, the chainis led over the the chain wheels alternately above and below theirdifferent directions of rotation will be obtained for each of the yarncarrying members located adjacent to one another. As a result of thisthose parts of each two hanks of yarn hanging side by side which aredirected towards one another are moved in the same direction, i. e. acertain number of hank parts which are adjacent at any given time movedownwards together and other adjacent hank parts move upwards together.This method of driving is-illustrated in one of the further figures of"the drawings hereinafter described. As a result of the fact that thebevel wheel 2| can be displaced on the vertical shaft 20 together withthe support 2 the continuous drive of the yarn carrying members llis,posslble in all vertical positions attained at any given times. A lowposition of the yarn carrying members wherein the hanks of yarn St dipinto the dye vat 25 is shown in Fig. 2 in full lines. According torequirements the constructional arrangement may, of course, be such thatthe yarn carrying members turn during the dyeing operation through apath corresponding to one third of their external diameter. In this caseonly quite a small part of the hanks of yarn will be exposed to the airat any given time so that oxidation, for instance, in the case ofindanthrene dyeings cannot occur. The yarn carrying members may be madeof any desired shape, 1. e. cross section, for example, they may becruciform. The uppermost position of the yarn carrying members is shownin Fig. 2 in'dotted lines.

Above the vat 25 the mechanical means for theswinging or for theswinging and wringing of the hanks of yarn respectively maybe arranged.The said means may, for example, coinprise pairs of bars 26 and 21 withinserted or attached rods 26' and 21' respectively, which are movedoppositely to one another, for instance, by the aid of suitably adjustedeccentrics 28 and ccentricrods 29. The eccentrics are mounted on a shaftIII which can be driven through the medium of the bevel wheels 3| and32, the last named bevel wheel 32 being fixed on the shaft l6. The driveof the pairs of bars 26, 21 may effected in various ways and thearrangement of the rods 28' and 21' can be chosen as desired,

and in cases where only the swinging of the yarn without any wringingaction is to be assisted or effected, a single pair of bars havinginserted rods is suflicient, or even only a single bar having rods fixedin it.

The dyeing machine described may also be constructed in such manner thatit is trans- I The yarn carrying members which may in themselves beconstructed in any desired suitable manner, are adapted to perform avariety of different movements, a larger or smaller number of modes ofmovement or operation -of the said members being provided according tothe extent of the methods of treatment which it is desired to applybymeans of the device. most important modes of movements arepossiblewith the machine or device illustrated in Figs. 4 and'5, namely,(1) the rotation of the yarn carrying members, (2) the raising andlowering of the yarn carrying members and (3) the swinging of the yarncarrying members.

1 another.

The dyeing machine or device according to Figs. 4 and 5 compriseslateral uprights 50 in which by the aid of screw spindles 5| ahorizontal supporting bar 52 is arranged so as to be verticallydisplaceable, which bar is' guided by means of rollers 53 on theuprights 50. The drive of the screw spindles 5| is effected by the aidof pairs of bevel wheels N from a shaft 55. The shaft 55 is providedwith two bevel wheels 56 and 51 with which the driving wheel 58 can bebrought alternatively intoengagement. The wheel 58 is mounted on a shaftdriven from a suitable point. It is preferable to connect the wheel 58direct to an electro-motor 59 in such manner that the change-over gearformed by the wheels 56, 51 and 58 can be' employed in different ways inorder to turn the screw spin-' dles 5| in the one or in theotherdirection Just according to whether the horizontal supporting bar52 which carries the rotatable yarn carrying members, is to be movedupwards or downwards. When the wheel 58 is located in the middle betweenthe wheels 56 and 51 the horizontal supporting bar 52 is stationary. Agear box 60 around their longitudinal axes an electro-motor 62 having aspeed reducing gear 63 connected to it may be provided on the gear box80.. From the electro-motor one of the shafts ofthe yarn carryingmembers is driven by means of a shaft, a pair of bevel wheels 65 andspur wheels 66 and 61. All the shafts of the yarn carrying mem- The bersare provided with chain wheels 68 and over. the latter an endless chain69 is led so that all the yarn carrying members are set in rotation. Thechain may, for instance, be arranged in the manner shown in Fig. 4,whereby in each case the adjacent yarn carrying members have directionsof motion which are opposite to one another in such manner that theparts of the hanks of yarn adjacent to one another at any 0 given timemove alternately in common in one direction into or out of the bath, asis indicated by arrows in Fig. 4. With the driving device for rotatingthe yarn carrying members the driving device for the to-and-fro swingingmovement of the yarn carrying members in common can be combined, thisbeing, of course, effected in such manner that the swinging movement canbe stopped by means of the driving gear as may be desired or may benecessary. The

swinging of the yarn carrying members can be efiected by means of ashaft 10 connected to the speed reducing gear 63, from which "shaft bythe aid of a pair of spur wheels 1|, 12 a cam roller 13 having aninclined groove 14 is driven, the 'gear box 60 of the yarn carryingmembers engaging by means of a roller 15 with the inclined groove 14.When the cam roller 13 is driven a horizontal to-and-fro movementtransversely to the shafts of the yarn carrying members is imparted tothe gear box and to the yarn carrying members respectively. The pair ofspur wheels ll, 12 must, of course, be so arranged that in spite of thedisplacement of the gear box the drive of the cam roller 13 is ensured.A- coupling sleeve 16 slidable on the shaft 10 but rotatable with thelatter serves the purpose of switching the drive of the cam roller 13 inor out at any given time. In 'Fig. 4 the drive is illustrated in theposition in which it is switched out.

The journalling and driving arrangements for the yarn carrying membersare constructedin such manner that the hanks of 'yarn can, if desired,be entirely or nearly entirely immersed below the surface of the bath insuch manner that the hanks in their rotary course are exposed either notat all or only to a very slight extent in a transitory manner to the airand consequently oxidation or bronzing cannot oc-' 50 cur. Thisarrangement is valuable for: dyeing with indanthrene and sulphurcolours. As can be seen from Fig. 5 separate journal brackets II on thegear box 60 for each yarn carrying member are provided for the pairof-toothed wheels .18, and the shafts of the yarn carrying membersproper. Fig. 5 shows by way of example, a low position of the rotatingyarn carrying members in the dye bath. Thedyeing vat 80 is illustratedin section in this figure. The 60 highest position attainable by raisingthe yarn.

carriers out of the bath is indicated in Figure 5 in dotted lines. Thehanks of yarn are denoted bySt.

Bymeans of this dyeing machine or device 65 the following workingconditions are inter alia attainable:

11. Such low positions of the yarn carrying members that the hanks areentirely immersed in the bath; either rotary movement. only or toand-froswinging movement only or rotary movement and to-and-fro' swingingmovement of the yarn carrying members together with the hanks beingcarried out in these positions.

b. Such high positions of the yarn carrying only rotary movement or onlyto-and-fro swinging movementor rotary and to-and-fro swinging movementof the yarn carrying' members together with the hanks being carried outin these positions.

'0. Such high positions of the yarn carrying members that the hanks areno longer immersed in the bath at all but are suspended in the open air;either rotary movement only, or to-and-fro swinging movement only orrotary movement and to-and-fro swinging movement of the yarn carryingmembers together with the hanks being carried out in these positions.

(2. Up and down movement of the yarn carrying members between anydesired high and low limiting positions; either rotary movement only orto-and-fro swinging movement only or rotary .movement and-to-and-froswinging movement of the yarn carrying members .together with the hanksbeing carried out during the. said up and down movement.

e. Varlations'of the nature of the rotary and swinging movements duringthe upward path as compared with the downward path of the yarn carryingmembers together with the hanks, or cessation of such movements.

f. Stationary location of the yarn carrying members in any desired highor low position; the rotary and swinging movements of the yarn carryingmembers being continued or stopped in the meantime as required.

9. The raising and lowering movement of the yarn carrying members may beefiected at variable speed, for example, in such manner that the hanksare lowered into the bath slowly and are raised out of it again morerapidly.

Instead of the means. for producing the movehanks are only immersed inments employed in the constructional example according to Figs. 4 and 5,other means also may be .used. 7

Thus the raising movement of the supporting bar 52 serving for thereception of the rotatable yarn carrying members in common can beeffected by having'the bar fixed to two endless chains passing overwheels. Furthermore, the employment of chains in the manner shown inFig. 6 is possible. In this case the chains 82 led over wheels 8| areconnected on the one hand to the bar Hand on. the other hand to camdiscs 83 which are rotated simultaneously in opposite directions in anydesired manner.

The arrangement may also be such .that the gear box as shown in Fig. 'lrests directly on pins or rollers 84 provided on cam discs 83, whichreceive their drive through the medium of worm wheel s'85 and worms 86.The worms 86 are fixed on shafts 81, on which bevel wheels ware mountedin such manner that they turn with the shaft but are slidable thereonso'that by the aid of a manipulating lever Ir -they can. be broughtalternatively into engagement with 'a bevel wheel I02 provided on adriving shaft I03. when, at any given time, the position of themanipulating lever IOI, which is fulcrumed at I04, is changed over, thedirection of the longitudinal movement of the gear box 60 changes.

'During the longitudinal movement "of the gear box, the. lattersimultaneously moves up and down. In this case, independently of theraising bers any desired to-and -iro swinging movement of the gear box60 may be effected, this being particularly facilitated by the aid ofthe rolltransversely, longitudinally, in a circular or curved path orthe like, various drives are possible, for example, the drive may beeflected by means of crank pins or eccentrics driven in any suitableknown manner and adapted to'co-operate with guide members providedyo'nthe gear box 60 or adapted to drive the latter through the medium ofconnecting rods.

- The box 60 holding the yarn carrying members is mounted insuitablemanner according to the movements to' be obtained, so that fortheproduction of the movements only small forces "are necessary.

' For example, the box 60 may, as shown F 'g. 9, be mounted by the aidof rollers 58 and 'ollers located transversely to the latter, in mannerthat a horizontal circular swinging movement of the box 50 is possiblewithout hipdrance. Similardrivingmeans to those last specifled can beemployed in this case also, two' sts of driving members, one-operatingupon the gear box to move it in the longitudinal direction and the otheroperating upon the gear box to move it in the transverse horizontaldirection being employed to provide the two components of the horizontalcircular movement. It will be clear that the arrangement of the rollersCl and 89 enables the gear box to move freely in the iongitudinal andthe transverse horizontal direction respectively so that a circularmovement made up of two components in the aforesaid directions ispossible. The bearing is maintained in all high and low positions of thebox, the rollers 58 being moved upwards and downwards with the box.

This construction is further illustrated in Figs. 38

and 39, Fig. 38 being a plan view wherein individual parts are shown inhorizontal section taken on line *XXXVIII-XXXVIII of Fig. 39 and Fig. 39is a section taken online XXXIX XXXIX of Fig. 38. In the construction asshown on the drawings the gear box is provided at its ends with rollers88 whilst the bar 252 which is vertically displaceable is provided at asuitable distance apart with supporting rollers 89 located transverselyto the gear box 50. For the production of a horizontal circular swingingmovement of the gear box 60 crank discs 25! are provided the crank pins254 of which project into extensions 255 extending from thegear box 60.The

crank discs. 253 are mounted on the bar 252 by means of vertical shaftsand may be constructed at the same time as worm wheels with which worms256 engage, the latter being fixed on the shaft 251 which is adapted tobe driven by means of an electromotor 258. The reference'numeral 259denotes-a stirrup fixed on the bar 252, which stirrup protects the gearbox 5|! subjected to the load of the yarn carriers 6| and the hankssuspended therefrom against lateral tipping movement.

' should always be constructed in such manner that either only a partialimmersion of the'hanks ball bearings in the bath or an entire immersionbelow the bath can be effected.

The drive for the rotation of the yarn carrying members may, inter alia,be eflected, as illustrated in plan in Fig. 10, at variable speed andinvariable directions. In this case, 'a toothed segment 90 provided withan adjustable stop is employed, which ment is oscillated by means of acrank 9| an. connecting rod-l2. With the segment 90 a gear 93 engages,and the shafts of the yarn carrying members." are driven by means of apair of bevel wheels 54, II, the yarn carrying members being,operatively connected with one another in any desired manner.

Besides the methods of effecting the movements and the drive indicatedin the description and drawings by way of example only and theindividual constructional forms which are likewise illustrated only byway of example, numerous modifications thereof within the scope of theinvention are also possible, such modiflcations being very extensive inview of the numerous technical accessories which are at disposal.

By means of the invention it is also possible to obtain a certainswinging movement of the hanks of yarn by alteration of the crosssection of the yarn carrying members, and this fact provides theadvantage that the alteration of the cross section can be effected ineach case in suitable mannerfor the various methods of dyeing.

It is preferable to employ yarn carrying members. having a substantiallystar-shaped (in the simplest construction cruciform) cross section whichcan, for instance, be attained by fixing a number of longitudinal barsor strips to the shaft of the yarn carrying member. The outer edges ofthe longitudinal strips which are preferably rounded oil are notconnected with one another by means of separate peripheral strips or thelike.

The possibility of altering or varying the cross section of the yarncarrying members is useful in many diflerentdyeing processes. Forexample a cross section of .a yarn carrying member which is broadened onone side is suitable for the unidyeing process, whilstfor ombr andmultiple dyeing' the ordinary centric form of cross section isnecessary. With the eccentric cross section a certain to and froswinging movement of the hanks suspended from the yarn carrying membersin the bath is obtained, and the-extent of the swinging movement can beincreased or diminished in any particular case by'correspondingalteration of the eccentricity. In general, i. e. in the case of yarncarrying members 1 the method of dyeing,if the arrangement is such thatthe'cross section of the yarn carrying members may-be concentricallyincreased. as well as eccentrically broadened. Suitable different conbedisplaceable, there are certain limits for the a cruciform yarn carryingmember having a car structional forms can be found to meet all casesarising in practice.

The possibility of alteration or variation of the cross section of theyarn carrying members 5 according to the invention is preferablyobtained by providing each yarn carrying member with at least onedisplaceable, detachable or interchangeable carrying part.

The practical realization of this inventive feal ture can, of course, beattained in various ways and, in thisconnection, afurther feature of theinvention consists in arranging that, for example a carrying part may bebrought out of its ordinary position' from the one side of the shaft 15of the yarn carrying members to theopposite side, or that a detachableauxiliary bar is employed which for the purpose of one sided broadeningof the cross section is set on oneof the longitudinal bars of thestar-shaped yarn car- 20 rying member. If desired aplurality of suchauxiliary bars may be provided'for the individual yarn carrying members.A constructional example of a yarn-carrying member having detachableauxiliary bars is illustrated in Figs. 11 25 and, 11a. 7 Fig. 11 shows ayarn carrying member together with anauxiliary bar in cross section andFig. 11a shows a plan of the two parts taken from above. I I

In the example shown the yarncarrying mem- 0 ber 2 mounted on therotating shaft ,l is cruciform. On' one of the four longitudinal stripsof the yarn carrying member a detachable auxiliary bar 2' is mountedinsuch manner that the total cross section of the yarn carrying member is35 broadened in the corresponding direction. The

auxiliary bar may be attached in any suitable manner, for example by theaid of clamps or the like.

For the construction of the yarn carrying mem- 40 beer and the auxiliarybars' it is preferable to employ a material which is not oxidized by thedye bath when in use-for example rustless steel may be employed.

A large number of other constructional forms of the yarn carryingmembers may be employed as is illustrated in Figs. 12 to 3'7.

Fig. 12 shows in cross section several concentric yarn carrying membersarranged side by side, which are. all of the same cruciform cross 50section. Each yarn carrying ,inember consists of two parts 2 and 4respectively which are arranged -so as to be displaceable with regard toone another, the part 4 being arranged so as to beslidable. The part 4is provided with holes 4 which serve to enable it to be fastened bymeans of screws 40 or the like to the parts 2, 2. In place of theholes'4' slots 4| (Figs. 15 and 16) may be provided. Fig. 13 shows theconcentric yarn carrying members illustrated in Fig. 12 after 60conversion into one of eccentric cross section.

Fig. 14 shows in plan one of the yarn carrying members illustrated-inFig. 12. Fig. 15 shows in cross section a cruciform yarn carrying memberof somewhat different constructional form, 65 and Fig. 16 is a plancorresponding thereto. Figs.

17, 18 and 19 show a further modified constructional form in crosssections and in plan respectively. Inthis constructional form theinterchangeable part 4 is provided with pins 42, 70 which are. adaptedto be introduced into corresponding holes 20 in the part 2 from eitherside as shown in Figs. 1'7 and 18 respectively. After the introductionof the pins 42 into the holes, the part 4 is clamped in position bymeans of 1 clamping screws. Fig. 20 shows in'ci'oss section rying part 4provided with inclined slots which is slidable within the slot 3 in themiddle of the member I extending over the whole length of the yarncarrying member. For the purpose of displacing the carrying part 4 a bar5 is provided which engages through the medium of pins 6 in the inclinedslots 1 of the said part 4. The

bar 5 is guided in a groove of the core member.

I and at suitable places brackets 8 are provided which guide the barfrom the exterior. In the construction according to Figs. 20, 21 and 22the carrying part 4 is located in the central position and in Fig. 23 itis shown laterally displaced.

I The yarn carrying member according to Fig. 24

is constructed in similar manner to that shown in Figs. 20-23. In thiscase the carrying part 2 is connected to the tubular member 9 and thepart 4 is guided in suitable slots-of the tubular member. In the tubularmember 9 an adjusting bar III is' mounted which is provided with pins llprojecting into corresponding inclined slots of the part 4. In thefurther modified constructional form shown in Figs. 25 to 2'7 aquadrilateral core member I2 is provided. At two sides of the lattercarrying parts l3 and I4 are fixed, which are provided with longitudinalslots through which displaceable parts l5 and I6 project. For thepurpose'of displacing the carrying parts bars I! and 18 are providedwhich are mounted on the carrying part l4 by means of a bracket [9. 0nthe ,said bars pins l1 and I8 respectively are provided which engageinclined slots 20 of the carrying parts. The concentric position of thecarrying parts is shown in Figs. 25 and 26 and the eccentric positionthereof in Fig. 2'7.

. In the constructional form shown in Fig. 28

fourindividual inserted carrying parts T-T" are provided which can bedetached either singly or all together, just according to whether it isdesired to obtain a certain definite concentric or eccentric crosssection. The parts K constitute the guide members rigidly fixed to therotating shaft. Fig. 29 shows a similar constructional form, which ishowever provided with carrying parts 2,- 2 and 4, 4 respectively 'whichextend throughone another and are inserted one within the other. Fig. 30shows a construction in which angle pieces are inserted in the yarncarrying member. In Fig. 31 a detachable carrying part for a yarncarrying member which'isnormally of T-section is shown. Fig. 32 shows acarrying part I slidable in a T-shaped member. In the constructionalform according to Fig. 33 four carrying parts are provided which may beinserted as a whole in the core member K of the yarn carrying member.form according to Fig. 34 a T-shaped insertion piece is employed. In thecore members K illustrated in Figs. 28, 29, 30, 33 and 34 a largevariety of different shapes of carrying parts may be in-.

' In all the constructional forms of the yarn carrying members accordingto the invention it is preferable to take'care that the displacement Inthe constructional of the carrying part or carrying parts respectivelytakes place without any alteration of position in the longitudinaldirection of the yarn carrier. For thispurpose suitable guideparts maybe provided.

We claim:

1. A device for the treatment of hanks of yarn including a bath, asupporting bar extending longitudinally of the bath, a, second supportmounted on the supporting bar and arranged to be moved longitudinallyand transversely'thereof,

yarn carrying members journaled in the second support extending over thebath, means for raising and lowering the supporting bar, means on thesecond support for rotating the yarn carriers at any position of thesupporting bar, and means carried by the supporting bar and the secondsupport for moving the second support longitudinally and transverselyrelative to thesupporting bar.

2. A device for the treatment of banks ofvyarn. ,including a bath, asupporting bar extending longitudinally of. thebath, transverse rollerson the supporting bar, a second support having longitudinally extendingrollers resting ,on the rollers on the supporting bar, whereby thesecond support can be moved longitudinally and transversely relative to4 the supporting bar, yarn members journaled in the second supportextending over the bath, means for-raising and lowering the supportingbar, means on the second support for rotating the yarn carriers at anyposition of the supporting bar, and means carried by the supporting barand the second support for moving the second support longitudinally andtransversely relative to the supporting bar.

FRIEDRICH FAIGLE. CARL FAIGLE.

